Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Akamai Technologies Inc (Symbol: AKAM), where a total of 13,847 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.4 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 41.5% of AKAM’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 3.3 … Read more
4 Stocks That Could Profit From SpaceX’s Biggest Problem
The whipping post
Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). Editor’s Note:Of all the news from this earnings season, SpaceX’s first report as a public company was one of the most anticipated we’ve seen in a while. And while the media focused on billions of dollars in AI spending, my colleague Eric Fry paid … Read more
MGA Q2 Earnings Beat on Power & Vision Unit's Margin Expansion
The whipping post
Magna International Inc. MGA reported second-quarter 2026 adjusted earnings of $1.86 per share, up 29% year over year. The figure surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.53 by 21.57%. Results benefited from productivity gains, operational improvements and tariff recoveries. Sales increased 3% to $10.98 billion and beat the consensus estimate of $10.74 billion by 2.19%, … Read more
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai Just Made a $200 Billion Infrastructure Move. Nvidia, Micron, and Broadcom Investors Should Rejoice.
Key Points Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is the largest AI hyperscaler, sitting at a $4.35 trillion market cap. It is a major player in the AI realm, as it has a dominant cloud computing service and is also competing with its own family of large language models. The decisions that it makes influence the … Read more
Here's Why Oracle's Stock Continues to Lag its Peers Like Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet
Key Points Oracle’s stock continues to underperform its peers due to AI-related concerns, and the deterioration caused to its balance sheet caused by its AI infrastructure buildout. Oracle recently secured a major Pentagon contract, and a constructive deal with Alphabet that helped strengthen the case for the stock. 10 stocks we like better than Oracle … Read more